Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 18/09/2026@moneypowerpolitics.bsky.social strange way to close out the week to stick up for Robert Kraft, lest we pause to ask where his pledge is going.... Is he more earnest than all the other billionaires? Your guest was right to pose the question. 000
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 18/08/2026@moneypowerpolitics.bsky.social if you call the show Money, Power, Politics and you intro Third Way by saying how much they're throwing to attack DSA, maybe tell us where they are getting the money? 000
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 07/05/2026@11thhourmsnow.bsky.social I've heard Stephanie repeat the $25 billion figure for bombing Iran. I've had questions. But Public Notice crunched some numbers. How about you all? Following the money is in your lane. open.substack.com/pub/populari...open.substack.comIran War cost methodologyBy Stephen Semler 000
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 12/02/2026@11thhourmsnow.bsky.social this is the sort of news story I wish @stephruhle.bsky.social would talk about on Fri Nightcap. We should not shut up about this. Not accept it. Never let it be business as usual. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...nbcnews.comToddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention and denied prescribed medication, lawsuit saysThe 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit. 000
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 28/01/2026@11thhourmsnow.bsky.social where can we watch the Sunday evening special on Minneapolis? Did not find out in time to record it. 000
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 27/01/2026This is the "family detention" gulag in TX where the MN boy with the Spiderman backpack was sent with his father. Some families have been trapped there for months. www.texastribune.org/2026/01/24/i...texastribune.orgDetained immigrant families protest inside Texas facilityLiam Conejo Ramos and his father were detained in Minnesota in an incident that’s further inflamed tensions over the Trump administration’s hardline immigration enforcement. 000
Reposted by Kathleen PequeñoMoney Power Politics with Stephanie Ruhle @moneypowerpolitics.bsky.social · 23/01/2026"He just lied. Over and over again he would lie in the most condescending and smug manner." @timmiller.bsky.social and @stephruhle.bsky.social break down Vance's claim that feds in Minneapolis are trying to lower the temperature - while the nation sees photos of a five-year-old boy detained by ICE. 1518879
Reposted by Kathleen PequeñoTallgirl6234 @tallgirl6234.bsky.social · 29/09/2025We’re at peak greed when the president brags about 24k gold décor for the White House while cutting commissaries, healthcare, and social nets. A palace of glitter for him, an empty pantry and hospital bill for you. 420108543279
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 18/09/2025So the FCC chair rails against Kimmel for having the nerve to host a popular show that criticizes Maga Republicans. The network suspends the show. "Free speech" for the far right. Obedience for the rest of us. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...theguardian.comJimmy Kimmel Live! suspended indefinitely after host’s Charlie Kirk commentsABC says late-night show will not air for foreseeable future after Kimmel accused Republicans of ‘doing everything they can to score political points’ from Kirk’s killing 000
Reposted by Kathleen PequeñoMother Jones @motherjones.com · 25/07/2025Tulsi Gabbard is trying to gaslight you in the name of authoritarianism, points out @davidcorn.bsky.social. 66779832878
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 23/07/2025As usual, @theguardian.com is running stories that should be at the top of every news website in the USA but are not. Here's one of their latest stories on the starvation of children in Gaza. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... how can we pretend we are powerless to stop this cruelty?theguardian.com‘We faced hunger before, but never like this’: skeletal children fill hospital wards as starvation grips GazaFor months Israel kept food shipments to Gaza far below starvation rations. Now the death toll is rising rapidly 000
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Why people are so sick of both parties: we get hurt every time Democrats win and can't enact their agenda (see: Green New Deal, Repro Access, Student Loans, Health Care). Then we get hurt every time Republicans win and hapless Dems can't stop their agenda. 000
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Can we please impeach RFK Jr _before_ a lot of kids die rather than after? youtu.be/i8PyRsS-09Q?...youtu.beSchrier says RFK Jr. should be held responsible for 'every death from a vaccine-preventable illness'YouTube video by PBS NewsHour 000
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Want to know what's really going on? Check @theguardian.com while US outlets nap at the wheel. One of the three people in this pic from LA is being true to their oath to defend the constitution. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live... @commondefense.bsky.social the detained person is a veteran.theguardian.comUS marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles – liveMarines deployed to Los Angeles detained a civilian on Friday, the US military confirmed to Reuters after being presented with the news wire’s images 000
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Watch Dogkiller Noem, who started this "press conference" saying she works for Trump (as if there was any doubt). She's saying she's there to "liberate" people from the "socialist leadership." Right before she has their US senator manhandled out of the room. www.youtube.com/live/OzCq2xx...youtube.comYouTubeShare your videos with friends, family, and the world 000
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Angry about the Newark ICE debacle? Make sure you are not investing your retirement funds in the GEO Group. You know, the greedy, inept monsters who run that prison-for-profit. Check prisonfreefunds.org and put in the symbol of your investment funds.prisonfreefunds.orgPrison Free FundsGet your money out of the prison industrial complex. Prison Free Funds is a search platform that informs and empowers everyday investors. 000
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Read this great story from @thecity.nyc on the failures of mandatory reporting in keeping children safe. And what people are doing instead. www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/28/m...thecity.nycRevolt Against Mandatory Reporting Law Rises Among Professionals Required to Protect ChildrenIn response to a relentless rise in calls to New York state’s child abuse hotline, alongside stark racial disparities, social workers, doctors, teachers and others are mobilizing to change the law. 000
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Because the cruelty is the point: Brooklyn Food Pantry Loses Federal Migrant Aid Grants — for Feeding Migrants www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/17/t...thecity.nycBrooklyn Food Pantry Loses Federal Migrant Aid Grants — for Feeding MigrantsThe Federal Emergency Management Agency yanked $1.3 million in funds from the Campaign Against Hunger, accusing the group of aiding “illegal aliens.” 000
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Two minutes worth watching for context for this moment we're in: youtube.com/shorts/lY9vW...youtube.comTrump's tariffs are designed to collapse democracyYouTube video by L O L G O P 000
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 04/04/2025@11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social For years Trump said Biden job numbers were fake. And we know all their accusations are confessions. Now the same month 250k Fed workers lose their jobs, the workforce grows? Please explain. 000
Reposted by Kathleen PequeñoIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 03/04/2025Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements 9864657811505
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 30/03/2025I know that especially now, facts don't matter. Then I see that undocuworkers paid $96 BILLION in taxes in 2022 while Fortune 500 companies got billions in subsidies. I wish facts did matter. The receipts are in plain view. It's infuriating. americansfortaxfairness.org/undocumented...americansfortaxfairness.orgHow Undocumented Immigrants Contribute to Our Economy & Pay Higher Tax Rates Than Many Major Corporations - Americans For Tax FairnessIn 2022 America’s 10.9 million undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in taxes. That included $19.5 billion in federal income taxes and $32.3 billion in federal payroll taxes. On a state and loc... 000
Reposted by Kathleen PequeñoAlt18F @alt18f.bsky.social · 20/03/2025There's so much going on, we nearly forgot our own birthday. 😅 424516
Reposted by Kathleen PequeñoAlt18F @alt18f.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Our first week post-"deletion" was a whirlwind: we're still catching up on the headlines. Thank you to the journalists working to shed light on our story—and the stories of many thousands of federal workers like us. 🗞️ 353347
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 08/03/2025As Trump likes to confess-by-accusing, he's running the MOST CORRUPT Administration ever. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social breaks down just one of the scams this week on his Substack: crypto. open.substack.com/pub/chrismur...open.substack.comTrump’s Biggest Corruption is Flying Under the RadarThe scale of corruption in Trump’s White House has been stunning and unprecedented. 010
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Love the Fri Nightcap on @11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social as usual. But what the regime is canceling for the federal workforce are policies called DEIA not DEI. A = accessibility. Don't give them a pass on them trying to end accessibility. 010
Reposted by Kathleen PequeñoAlt18F @alt18f.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Our story is making its way around the world. Thank you, Der Standard! www.derstandard.at/story/300000...derstandard.at18F: Musk ruiniert die Technikabteilung der US-VerwaltungRacheplan: Die Gekündigten sollen ein eigenes Beratungsunternehmen gründen, das den Schaden von Doge repariert 433543
Reposted by Kathleen PequeñoMichelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Now we know what they had on Joni Ernst to get her to vote for Hegseth. www.propublica.org/article/joni...propublica.orgEthical Concerns Surround Sen. Joni Ernst’s Relationships With Top Military Officials Who Lobbied Her CommitteeErnst, an Iowa Republican, is one of the most influential voices in Congress on military topics. Ethics and military experts say her relationships with top Air Force and Navy officials created potenti... 1314763
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 02/03/2025@stephruhle.bsky.social @11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social this is the sort of move that makes clear what a scam DOGE is. Have one of these fired nerds on the show to explain what USDS & 18F did before the "gut and stuff" to create DOGE. They were transforming govt. Of course they had to go. 001
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 02/03/2025I mean, this has been true my whole life but has never been more obvious than right now. 120
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Vance wants to enjoy the things he's destroying before they're gone. Vermonters will have their say while that's still allowed. open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...open.substack.comSpecial Vermont Resistance editionLucy Welch, a hero for the moment. 000
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 01/03/2025This is the actual Wall of Receipts from the bullies at DOGE: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h... The list of cancellations of US AID programs that helped hundreds of thousands of people across the world by buying things from US companies. At a cost of 1 cent for every dollar we paid in taxes.nytimes.comU.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the WorldHere are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails. 000
Reposted by Kathleen PequeñoDr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 01/03/2025We don’t admit people to the hospital for quarantining. They can do that at home. The many kids admitted to the hospital in Lubbock have severe respiratory complications from measles. Stunning ignorance from highest health official, embarrassing really. 261238352
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Our billionaire conmen overlords only punch down, not up. So of course USAID is their target. Of course starving children and Georgia peanut farmers are their target. newrepublic.com/article/1921... via @newrepublic.comnewrepublic.comMusk’s Purges Suddenly Take a Horrific Turn—and Wreck an Ugly MAGA LieWe can now be depressingly confident that their mass cuts are killing people. 000
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 25/02/2025What a disappointing appearance by @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social on @maddow.msnbc.com. How dare you invoke John Lewis as part of a long answer where you talk about what *everyone else* is doing to counter this chaos while you "lead" the party. If you want to see a leader, follow @aoc.bsky.social 010
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 23/02/2025I save up recordings of @11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social to watch over the weekend to make sense of it all. So three days later: On Wed night Stephanie said, "these tech bros could improve gov if they wanted" but then why eviscerate USDS??!! Make people smarter and explain what USDS was. 000
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 20/02/2025I decided I wanted to call the #WhiteHouse comment line bc why not? They can get a piece of my mind. But their switchboard is only "open" 11 to 3. And they're no way to leave a message. Are they all out golfing? 000
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 19/02/2025It's horrifying that a handful of people who "don't know what they don't know" are taking a bulldozer to federal systems that we all rely on. Oh, and then are the biggest liars about it, making up stories where they're the hero instead of the obvious villain. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...wired.comNo, 150-Year-Olds Aren’t Collecting Social Security BenefitsElon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud in the Social Security Administration. There’s a much simpler explanation. 000
Reposted by Kathleen PequeñoTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Emily Tavoulareas helped found the US Digital Service at the Department of Veterans Affairs. She says the US DOGE team understands tech isn’t just about websites and apps—it’s the foundation of everything the government does. And now, they hold the reins. But to what end?buff.lyDOGE Understands Something the US Policy Establishment Does Not: Technology is the Spinal Cord of Government | TechPolicy.PressFor the US Digital Service, tech was a means to an end, writes Emily Tavoulareas. What is technology a means to now? 45232
Reposted by Kathleen PequeñoBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 16/02/2025This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement. The wholesale erasure of history in real time.clarksvillenow.comBooks mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.comAt an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement... 20162782012946
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Public Education -- especially the DOE role of funding access to schools for kids with disabilities -- is close to my heart - please sign this MoveOn petition: sign.moveon.org/petitions/bl...sign.moveon.orgBlock Donald Trump’s Attempts to Abolish the Department of EducationPublic education in this country is under attack. And Trump has already made clear his intentions to undermine public education even further at every turn—including the extreme proposal to completely ... 000
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 12/02/2025This AM we were late to kindergarten. I saw the principal in the hall and was prepared to hang my head in shame. She said good morning, had my child had breakfast? Holding a tray with some little muffins on it. I wanted to throw my arms around her. #leadership #PS456 #NYC 000
Kathleen Pequeño @kpequeno.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Destroying the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is not about #efficiency. @inequalitymedia.bsky.social has a short video reminding us what that word actually means. #CFPB is a government agency that puts money in your pocket. youtube.com/shorts/u46V9...youtube.comWhy Musk and Trump Gutted the CFPBYouTube video by Robert Reich 000
